Cherrie M.

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Cherrie M. 23 years, 8 months ago

I am having my nutrtionist consult tomorrow morning and I have just one more Appointment and then I will be scheduling my surgery. If all goes well I should have a date on September the 16 th to anounce to everyone. Thanks to everyone who has written me I appreciate you all you are my Angels!

Cherrie M. 23 years, 8 months ago

I am so excited! After having a very rough time with a PCP I changed over to my surgeons PCP. I have my nutritionist on the 28th, my pumologist the 30th ,and my psyhche evaluation on September 13th. Then I will get my surgery date,and wait for approval. Meanwhile I wait for my CPAP which my old PCP claimed was gonna fix everything! LOL what a laugh.He claimed it was his opinion that it was because I had sleep apnea that I was fat. It was his opinion that I was tp tired sleepy and lazy to do anthing during the day. what is bad about this is I had just told him that I had been walking 4 miles every other day wether it hurt or not. Well that was it that plus many other things led to me firing him. I now have my surgeons PCP and that somehow makes me feel a bit safer. I trust DR. homan and if he thinks this guy is trustworthy enough to make him his PCP then I trust him to be mine. I have nothing but good things to say about my surgeon. I will talk more about him later So it was sleep apnea that caused that horrible accident. It is good to know that. I am making all the right moves to get more healthy! Oh and by the way i saw my dietican to day my personal one. I have lost 26 pounds while i wait for surgery. wow! Cherrie

Tracy P. 23 years, 10 months ago

CONGRATULATIONS~ You have a consult on the same day as my surgery, so that means, 37 days and a wake-up for the both of us!! I know how exciting and wonderful it is to finally get a date for a consult (mine was on Feb 27th) and I'm thrilled for you as you move along this long road to becoming healthier and happier. Hope you have a great day, and I hope this next 37 1/2 days doesn't take too long for either one of us! ~xoxo

Cherrie M. 23 years, 10 months ago

Well I just updated my profile! I have a consult date. August 2, 2002 This is now June 24,2002 so I have 39 days to go! Yuck it seems so faraway! I know in my mind this is worth the wait. I feel like I'm sitting on my heels. On my own however I have lost 11 and 1/2 pounds. So I gess i should feel good about that! Will update this page every Monday now. Cherrie

Laura L. 23 years, 10 months ago

Cherrie, sorry to hear about your car accident. Things will get better, just don't give up!!!

L. Brown 23 years, 10 months ago

Cherrrie, you poor thing! What a terrible thing to happen. You must feel so lucky not to have been physically harmed worse than you were, but the emotional pain of your embarrassment probably hurts worse than your physical pain. I will pray for you to feel better and be approved for surgery soon.

Sally S. 23 years, 10 months ago

Cherrie - please hear me. I, too, was in a very serious car accident in 1991, at the whopping weight of at least 350 lbs. It took SIX firemen to get ME out of the Jeep. They were constantly reasssuring me that this was their job. In the ICU and 4 week hospital stay, I often had to have a few guys help the nurses move me. (and I am a nurse) I kept telling them I would do my best to help. No matter what, I was constantly reassured by them, even tho I thought they were probably laughing at me elsewhere, later on. At first I cared about that, then I didn't. And I promised myself I would never make fun of a patient again. I am sorry for your physical & emotional pain. You are alive. Thank God for that. As for the humiliation you feel about your size in that car wreck??? ~ those people have probably forgotten about it already. Medical personnel see so much in their jobs that you were just one more statistic that day (do not take that personally). I used to use HUMOR with the staff to get me past the embarrassment I felt about my size. And now I use that same humor and same "matter of factness" by talking about how I FEEL being this size, when I feel like someone insults me. I can either say, "How RUDE of you!" or "I know my size is really big to you, but think how many rude comments I ENDURE every day of my life because of insensitive people like YOU?" STOPS them in their tracks right there. Try it. And God bless you. Move on Cherrie and get past it. WLS will change your life. I cannot WAIT for me to get there, too. -SASRN :)

sweetglow 23 years, 10 months ago

Dear Cherrie, I do not know what words to give to you. I am so sorry you have had to go through this experience. I printed out your post and read it to my mother (a true prayer warrior). We prayed for your healing in body and emotion. My tears are there with you. I wish I could give you a hug.. wish I could take this pain from you now. I am not the best at this, but if you can get on here and want to talk you can email me at [email protected] Katrina

cctru 23 years, 10 months ago

Cherrie, Okay girlfriend - this is my FIRST post to ANYONE'S page - do you feel special yet? I just want to say 'I hear you'. Your experience was horrible, but I'm so glad you were alive to experience it. (I have a twisted way of looking at things, but it is positive - right?) The people here are great support, and if you need anything that I can help you with - just ask! Keep smiling and we'll get through this together. CC

Tammy D. 23 years, 10 months ago

Oh lord Cherrie.. what a terrible, horrible experience. Keep in mind, it is OVER! Someday this will be a memory, a bad one, but still just a memory. You have no reason to be ashamed. Your obesity is a disease..no different than any of us, and no different than the folks in that hospital that have other diseases. WLS is a great way to cure this disease. And it IS a cure, if you are willing to work for it. WE all have to do our part, but WLS makes our part work. You sounded so sad in your profile, and even more so now.. YOU CAN overcome this disease and even this horrible experience. Find comfort in all of us here at AMOS, and begin the journey to a happier you! Rest your body and your soul, you have done NOTHING wrong. Place your sorrow in Gods hands and hold your head high (even though phsically right now that is pretty darn hard). You will overcome all of this and be a better person for the experience. Feel free to e-mail me anytime. May the Peace and reassurance of God come upon you. Tammy